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E-raamat: Japanese Higher Education as Myth [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

  • Formaat: 303 pages
  • Sari: East Gate Books
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jan-2002
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315703169
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
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  • Formaat: 303 pages
  • Sari: East Gate Books
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jan-2002
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315703169
In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: The Potemkin Factor
3(16)
Myths, Mendacity, and Methodology
19(26)
State, Nation, Capital, and Examinations: The Shattering of Knowledge
45(32)
Gazing and Guiding: Japan's Educatio-Examination Regime
77(19)
Schooling for Silence: The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy
96(27)
Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling
123(25)
Self-Orientalism Through Occidentalism: How ``English'' and ``Foreigners'' Nationalize Japanese Students
148(32)
``Playing Dumb'': Students Who Pretend Not to Know
180(35)
Lessons Learned in Higher Education
215(22)
The Price of Simulated Schooling and ``Reform''
237(24)
Appendix A: Statistics of Japanese Education 261(8)
Appendix B: Other Types of Postsecondary Schools in Japan 269(2)
Appendix C: Modes of Institutional Operation and Simulation 271(6)
References 277(18)
Index 295


Brian J. McVeigh